From lpsmail@access.digex.netThu Nov 9 15:39:16 1995 Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 11:10:04 CST From: Shipment Reply to: Discussion of Government Document Issues To: Multiple recipients of list GOVDOC-L Subject: ADNOTES: NESE ON CD-ROM DISCONTINUED ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- THE MESSAGE BELOW IS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES, VOL. 16, #15 (Nov. 15, 1995). NESE ON CD-ROM DISCONTINUED [The following announcement was received from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration.] October 16, 1995 Dear Federal Depository Librarian, We regret to inform you that STAT-USA has recently decided to discontinue producing the National Economic, Social, and Environmental (NESE) Data Bank on CD-ROM. The August 1995 issue was the last issue we will be producing. The NESE on CD-ROM was distributed to your library under the U.S. Government Printing Office's Federal Depository Library Program. The NESE item number was 0128-N. Discontinuing the disc was a hard decision for us. We made this decision because, frankly, the NESE was not selling as well as we hoped. STAT-USA is self-funding--we do not receive appropriated taxpayer funds--and our products are continually being reviewed to see if sales justify the expenses involved in producing the product. Unfortunately, sales of the NESE were not high enough to cover our costs. We regret that our decision may cause additional problems for your staff and your patrons. We hope that you will continue to order and provide access to our other two products distributed through the Federal Depository Library Program: Item 0128-L The National Trade Dank Bank (NTDB) on CD-ROM Item 0128-P STAT-USA on the Internet Sincerely, Bruce Guthrie Customer Services Director e-mail: bguthrie@doc.gov phone: 202-482-3234